Famous Picasso Curtain Finally Removed from Four Seasons

The Picasso curtain is something of a New York City landmark in and of itself, but will soon have a new home.

After years as one of New York’s largest public art installations, “Le Tricorne,” the famous 95-year-old Picasso curtain that has hung in the Four Seasons restaurant on 52nd Street since 1959 when the establishment opened, will soon be moved. The 19-by-20-foot stage curtain, which resembles a tapestry, had long been thought too fragile to move. Aby J. Rosen, the owner of the Seagram building which holds the restaurant, has wanted to remove the installation for years, but received pushback from the art community and the Landmarks Preservation Commission, which took the Four Seasons to court.